Car-pusher.



G. MAYS.

OAR PUSHER.

APPLICATION FILED JAN.10,1914.

Patented July 28, 1914.

CHARLES MAYS, 0F PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

CAR-PUSHER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 28, 1914.

Application filed January 10, 1914. Serial No. 811,485.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, CHARLES Mays, a citizenof the United States, residing at Philadelphia, in the county ofPhiladelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented new and usefulImprovements in Car-Pushers, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to improvements in car pushers and residesin the construction, combination and arrangement of parts set forth inthe fOllOWll'lg' specification and falling within the scope of theappended claims.

In the drawing: Figure 1 is an elevation illustrating the improvementarranged upon a rail and in the act of operating upon a car wheel, aportion of the handle being shown in section, Fig. 2 is a perspectiveView of the improvement, Fig. 3 is a top plan view of the same, and Fig.l: is a perspective view of a slight modification.

In devices employed for pushing or propolling cars a short distance upontracks, a downward force is applied, and this force, of course, islimited to the weight of the operator. Therefore, it is not unusual fora number of men to swing upon the bar of the pusher and thus add to theWeight deposited thereon for operating the device. It is, of course,well known that more power can be obtained from an upward push, as forinstance, when the operator bends his body with his feet firmly upon theground and permitting the operating bar or handle of the pusher eitherresting upon his shoulders or grasped by his hands and by straighteninghimself or exerting an upward push, and therefore, I propose toconstruct a car pusher which is operated upon this principle.

In the drawing, the numeral 1 designates a car wheel and 2 the trackupon which the wheel travels.

The numeral 3 designates my improvement in its entirety. The improvementin eludes a head 4, the same, in the preferred construction, comprisingside plates 5 and an intermediate plate 6 which is arranged at the toeof the device between the side plates, and secured thereto in anydesired or preferred manner. The toe portion of the body has its upperface beveled, as indicated by the numeral 7, and arranged between theplates 5 to the rear of the spacing plate or block 6 is a rectangularmember 8 which is pivoted, as at 9, between the plates 5, and near theupper and rear corners of the plates. The fulcrum member 8 is providedwith a rcarmu'dly extending stud 9 which is preferably rounded in crosssection and which is adapted to receive either the ferrule upon anoperating lever 10 or to receive the lower end of the said lever whenthe same is constructed from a tube.

The operation of the device is clearly illustrated in Fig. 1 of thedrawings. The shoe 4. has its too arranged between the rail and thewheel, the operating handle 10 is swung in an upward direction to bringthe lower corner of the rectangular fulcrum member 8 into engagementwith the rail, and as a consequence force the shoe a toward the Wheel topropel the wheel. A fresh grip is readily obtained by moving the handle9 in a downward direction.

In Fig. 4 of the drawings, the device is substantiallv similar to thatdescribed, except the shoe 4' is formed from a single member, theintermediate or spacing plate 6 being dispensed with, and the fulcrum 8'is pivoted between the rearwardly extending arms 5' of the shoe.

From the above description, taken in connection with the accompanyingdrawing, the simplicity of the device as well as the advantages thereofwill, it is thought, be perfectly apparent to those skilled in the artto which such invention appertains without further detailed description.

Having thus described the inventiomwhat I claim is:

1. In a device for the purpose set forth, a substantially rectangularshoe having a beveled corner forming a toe, the shoe to the rear of itstoe having a central opening, a fulcrum member including a rectangularhead pivoted within the opening of the shoe adjacent the upper cornerthereof opposite the toe, whereby the said fulcrum member may be swungbelow the shoe, and a handle for the fulcrum member.

2. In a car wheel pusher, a shoe having a beveled corner comprising atoe which is adapted to be arranged against the tread of the car wheel,a fulcrum member pivotally In testimony whereof I afiix my signature 1npresence of two W1tnesses.

CHARLES MAYS.

connected to the shoe a handle for the fulcrum :member whereby the saidfulcrum member may be rotated to bring one of its corners below the shoein contact with the rail upon which the ear Wheel rests to force the toeof the shoe against the Wheel to move the said Wheel upon the rail.

Witnesses MARGARET CRAIG, MELVIN MAYS.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. 6.?"

